Bait n Switch<\/a> puts the current issue about torture – which incidentally is the worst PR about America even maybe ever worse than the war itself in the eyes of the rest of the world – this way <\/p>\n“What Mr. Gonzales thinks of torture is different than what you and I think of it. When the everyday notion of torture \u00e2\u20ac\u201d inflicting severe physical or psychological pain as a means of punishment or coercion \u00e2\u20ac\u201d is inconvenient, Mr. Gonzales simply changes the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s definition so only organ failure and death are included. Bamboo poles under the fingernails? Water boarding (in which a prisoner is led to believe he could drown)? Sexual humiliation? Threats with vicious animals? Those, to Mr. Gonzales, are not torture.”<\/p>\n
He’s a great guy in other ways too – check into the record number of executions in Texas, and what Mr. Gonzales chose to delete from attention, or how he handled clemency requests – like when DNA proved innocence. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Administration has facilitated and implicitly condoned torture under the legal advice and cover of Alberto Gonzales – and yet all I hear is that Gonzales is expected to be questioned vigorously and then confirmed. Basically he’s a boot-licking Bush loyalist back from days o Texas – just going to show that there is potential for both good and evil in all races, all backgrounds, all religions, yada yada. The most diverse Cabinet…. Bait n Switch puts the current issue…<\/p>\n
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